Provides an excellent assessment of the "state of the art" of multicultural education. Views it as evolving and maturing in three identifiable stages and argues for Stage 111 that requires conceiving it as "process" rather than "product". (Editor/RK)

To help develop the resources of Nigeria by increasing efficiency and production in agriculture, agricultural education is being promoted in the secondary school system. Some agricultural education projects are listed. (MF)

Describes the effort to educate all handicapped children under Public Law 94-142, discusses Supreme Court action on the Bakke case and on corporal punishment in the classroom, the struggle by schools to cope with the energy crisis, and some other significant educational issues that occurred in 1977. (RK)

The central theme here is that the educational arguments relating to middle schools have been used as a front for economic and sometimes political expediency. Suggests that it is time to begin a more rigorous appraisal of the achievements and shortcomings of the various organizational patterns used to educate children during the middle years of…

Some recent information on Florida's use of the Fundamental Literacy Test, the enrollment changes in elementary and secondary education, Alaska's huge financial settlement involving the development of high schools for Alaskan Eskimo, Indian and Aleut children, a new Consumer Information Center in Colorado, and the Educational Materials Review…

A research study demonstrates that making revisions suggested by developmental testing of an Open University music course resulted in more effective learning, reduced study time, and fewer learning difficulties for students. (Author/STS)

"Demotike," the living language of the Greek people, has conquered the strongholds of "Katharevousa," an elitist language which few common people could understand, with succesive advances and retreats paralleling corresponding fluctuations of the country. Discusses the issue of school theory and educational politics. (Author/RK)

In keeping with the recommendations of the Report of the Arts, Education and Americans Panel for expansion of the role of national, state, and local arts agencies in school-based arts education programs, the author argues for greater interaction among arts organizations, educators, and community groups in order to make art integral to everyday…

Advocates making formal planning systems for continuing education and training. Outlines some of the principal outputs of those systems, and offers advice on how to structure and manage the planning system. (Author/GA)

Examines some of the social, cultural and political factors in Israel which affect the direction of change or obstruct change in the secondary school system. Poses the question as to whether changes more extensive than those already observed are imminent in secondary education as a result of social and other input. (Author/RK)

Describes a number of college programs for the elderly whose enrollment has grown significantly in the 1970s. Also discusses some noncollege organizations that offer educational programs for retirement-aged individuals. (RK)

Discusses the diversification of biology courses and resources in Ontario province, Canada, resulting from the province's 1960 departure from a prescribed curriculum syllabus. (SL)

Argues that in the more commonly used approaches to comparative education there has been lacking an adequate theoretical base upon which any country could with confidence know how to learn from another country's educational experience what would be useful for its own development. (Author/RK)

The Extern Program is designed to provide inservice education through didactic, experiential learning activities implemented on a one weekend per month schedule for nine months. The weekend training involves new developments in the field of counseling, problem solving, and new developments in the behavioral sciences. (Author)

Explores the manner in which Teachers' Centers in several countries (Japan, England, Denmark, Sweden, France, Spain and Australia) have evolved in ways that are consistent with the sociological or ideological environment in which they exist. (Author/RK)